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Nature Neuroscience 12, 7 - 8 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nn0109-7
Sniffing out a function for prion proteins
Donald A Wilson1 & Ralph A Nixon2
- Donald A Wilson is at the Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA, and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA.
- Ralph A Nixon is at the Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA, and the Departments of Psychiatry and Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave, New York, New York 10016, USA. e-mail: dwilson@nki.rfmh.org
Abstract
When prion proteins go wrong, they can do serious damage, but little is known about their normal function, despite their ubiquitous expression in the brain. A new report in this issue suggests a critical role for prions in olfactory discrimination.
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